Halgania solanacea
Species of plant
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Halgania solanacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Ehretiaceae. It is a small, perennial herb or shrub with purple-blue flowers and grows to 0.15–1 m (5.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in) high. It grows in sand, gravelly soils, rocky hillsides and dunes in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Ehretiaceae |
| Genus: | Halgania |
| Species: | H. solanacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Halgania solanacea | |
Taxonomy and naming
This species was first formally described in 1857 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany.[2][3]